Electric belt.



Patented Oct. 22, l90l.

A CHRYSTAL.

ELECTRIC BELT.

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Patented Oct. 22, I901. A. CHRYSTAL.

ELECTRIC BELT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREWCHRYSTAL, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN.

ELECTRIC BELT.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 684,977, dated October22, 1901.

' Application filed August 19,1901. Serial No. 72,504. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW CHRYSTAL, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Belts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in medical electrical belts,andpertains more par= ticularly to that class of belts which are adapted tosend a current of electricity through the body and the testicles in thetreatment of acute and chronic diseases of Various kinds.

The main object of my invention is to provide a belt so arranged andconstructed that a faradic current can be sent through the bodyandaseparate faradic current can be sent directly through from onetesticle to the other.

Another object of my invention is provide an electrical belt in whichthere is an interrupted primary current, a secondary current, and acombined primary and secondary current.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a belt in which thecurrent passing through the testicles can be readily increased bychanging the different wires to the diflerent binding-posts of theinduction-coil.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a back view of the belt partly broken away. Fig. 3 isa back view of the belt, partly broken away, showing the contact-platesand their connections. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken online 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of thecontact-plate and the screw connection carried by the wire. Fig. 6 is anenlarged perspective view of one of the suspensory electrodes, showingthe sponge attached.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents a belt, preferably made ofsilk or like material and having its inner face lined with someinsulating material, such as rubber, as shown at a. The said belt isadapted to pass around the waist and be fastened in the front by abuckle A, which may be of any desired form, but preferably that shown inthe drawings. The inner face or insulating material a of the belt isprovided at the back with the two electrodes G O, which are preferablycirend with outwardly-projecting lugs d andcl',

which are provided with transverse screwthreaded openings adapted toreceive the screw-threaded connections carried by the ends of the wirerunning from the inductioncoil andthe suspensory,hereinaftermorefullydescribed, and the plate D has one end provided with a lug (1 similar tothose carried by the plate D.

The battery is represented by the letter E, which may be of any desiredform and is connected to an ordinary induction-coil F, which is providedwith a switch E and the removable core 1 whereby the current can beinstantaneously out 01f by the switch or the current increased ordiminished by pulling the core in or out, as is readily understood bythose skilled in the art of electricity. The said induction-coil isprovided with three binding-posts, numbered 1, 2, and 3, as clearlyshown in Fig. l, and the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed. Con nected to the binding-post numbered 1 is a wire 6, havingits opposite end passing between the outer silk facing of the belt andthe inner insulating material a and having its extreme outer endextending through the insulating material and connected to the innerface of the electrode 0, whereby a smooth outer contactsurface isadapted to bear against the body. The binding-post numbered 2 hasconnected thereto a wire f, which has its outer end provided with ascrew-thread ed connection K, which is adapted to enter the lug d,carried by the plate D, while the wire g, connected to the binding-postnumbered 3, has its outer end passing between the inner insulatingmaterial a and the outer silk facing of the belt, connected to the innerface of the plate D at m, and continued on between the inner and outerfacings and having the end extending through the inner insulatingmaterial a and connected with the inner face of the body-electrode C atthe point a.

The suspensory consists of the ordinary gauze receptacle H of a shape tosnugly fit the testicles, and adjustably secured to the upper edgethereof are upwardly-extending elastic straps 4 and 5, which pass upover the hips and have their upper ends provided with loops 6 and 7,adapted to receive the belt, whereby the said suspensory is supported.Secured to the lower portion of said suspensory are two elastic straps 8and 9,whieh are adapted to pass between the legs and secured to therearportion of the belt in any desired manner and by means of which thegauze receptacle carrying the electrodes, hereinafter more fullydescribed, is firmly held in contact with the testicles. The inner faceof the gauze receptacle H has secured thereto two plates 10 and 11, soarranged that one of said plates will come opposite one testicle and theother plate opposite the other testicle. The said plates have openingsnear their outer edges and by means of which it is sewed to the gauzereceptacle, and I preferably secure sponges to the said plates by meansof the before-described openings. By having the sponges secured to theplates,the said sponges when wet will form a better contactpoint, asthey will conform with the shape of the testicles.

The outer face of the plate 10 has secured thereto a wire 12, whichextends out through the gauze and is of a length to allow the device tofit a large or small person. The opposite end of said wire 12 has ascrew connection K secured thereto, which is adapted to screw into thelug (1 carried by the plate D, and the other plate 11, carried by thegauze receptacle, has a similar wire 13 secured thereto, and its otherend carrying a screw connection K, which is adapted to enter the lug cl,carried by the plate (1.

By having the connections as above shown and described an interruptedprimary current passes from the binding-posts l and 2 through the wires9 and f, a secondary alone from binding-posts 2 and 3 through the wiresf and g, and a combined primary and secondaryfrom the binding-posts 1and 3 through the wires 6 and g.

hen it is desired to increase the current passing through the testicles,the wire 6 in the binding-post 1 is removed and placed in binding-post 2and the wire f is placed in binding-post 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a belt, asuspensory and connections for sending an independent faradic currentthrough said belt and suspensory, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a belt,electrodes carried by said belt, a suspensory carried by the belt,electrodes carried by the suspensory, and connections adapted to send aseparate independent current through the electrodes in the belt andsuspensory, substantially as described.

3. An apparatus of the character described, the combination with a belt,of an inductioncoil, a battery connected thereto, a suspensory carriedby said belt, electrodes carried by the belt and suspensory, andconnections between the ind uction-coil and all of the electrodes,substantially as described.

4. An apparatus of the character described, com prising a belt, contactplates carried thereby, outwardly-extending lugs carried by saidplates and having transverse screw-threaded openings, and screw-threadedtips carried by -the wires and adapted to enter the openings in the saidlugs, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a belt and battery connected thereto, of asuspensory carried thereby, oppositely-arranged electrodes carried bythe suspensory, and flexible wires connecting said electrodes and belt,substantially as described.

6. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a belt,electrodes carried thereby, eontact-plates between said electrodes,batteries adjacent said belt, a wire connected thereto and the oppositeend connected to one of the electrodes, a second wire connected to thebatteries and one of said contactplates, a third wire having aconnection with the batteries and the opposite end connected to theother contact-plate and the electrode, a suspensory carried by the belt,electrodes carried by the suspensory, and flexible wires c011- nected tothe electrodes carried by the suspensory and the opposite ends connectedto the contact-plates, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW CIIRYSTAL.

Vfitnesses:

James P. lloenns, HARRY MORGAN.

